When Jesus took our place on the cross, all future history was changed. Instead of humanity having to suffer under the burden of its sin, we instead got to revel in God’s unbroken love poured out ...
Plant a summer garden, and we will know death, even as we see the green shoots of life reaching for the sun. The seed buried in the soil falls apart even as new life bursts forth. Those first leaves ...
Brand-spanking new.
Isn’t that something we all see as positive?
The old cooking range with its wood-fired oven or a newly built electronic one?
A 1935 Cadillac touring car or the shine on a new ...
In the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, one of the great classics of all time, the Englishman Sydney Carton switches places with French aristocrat Charles Darnay, who is about to ...
What makes the American Dream work? We speak of the opportunity to be whatever we want to be, to forge our own destinies, and to become self-made people. We stand tall in our success, and we want the ...
How far can you drive a car in reverse?
Pretty far, but it is difficult. Part of the problem is that in reverse, you only have one gear. If you move too fast, you will burn out the transmission and ...
At what point is a sacrifice worth the trade? It does involve a trade, after all. In a story of a boy diagnosed with bone cancer, his parents gave their time, love, and financial resources in trade ...
Orchestras are fabulous. The music they make is masterful. It’s a group effort of supreme cooperation.
Many of the instruments in the orchestra, however, are only heard in the blending of sounds ...
Giving everything …
Like, every single thing? Try to imagine this: Yes, you can have my music collection. Yes, every song. Or … you want my car? Sure, here are the keys to my truck as ...
Okay, that’s not strictly possible, as the Old Testament was complete long before Jesus was born.
And to say it like it is, Christmas is literally Christ-mas, or the Mass of the Christ.
So how do ...
Why are wrapped packages so special to us?
We don’t know what’s inside. Until we look at the card, we don’t even know who it’s from.
Uncle Bob might have given us a piece of coal because of ...
Tradition.
It’s the way we’ve done it, and it’s the way we’re going to do it.
Or, to say it another way, if it’s good enough for our momma, it’s good enough for us.
The Scriptures ...
Have you ever let a harsh word escape your lips, perhaps in an argument or animated discussion, and the moment you say it, you think, oops ... yet it’s now out there? In the emotion of the moment, ...
